2022 / 02

DOI: 10.47183/mes.2022.023

REVIEW

Role of LINC complex proteins in sperm formation

Kurchashova SYu1, Gasanova TV3, Bragina EE1,2
About authors

1 Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

2 Bochkov Medical Genetic Research Center, Moscow, Russia

3 Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Svetlana Yu. Kurchashova
Leninskie gory, 1–40, Moscow, 119992, Russia; ur.liam@99katevs

About paper

Funding: this research was supported by the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of Lomonosov Moscow State University ”Molecular Technologies of the Living Systems and Synthetic Biology”.

Received: 2022-05-27 Accepted: 2022-06-11 Published online: 2022-06-30
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